Not long ago I began a notebook-- an alphabet--based on fragmentary photographs of trees. Trees without their foliage can appear to look purely calligraphic.
This maple tree seems to assumes the shape of the letter Y, and like in the letter Y, there is a mysterious point at which, the tree trunk, like a path or a road, splits itself into two directions. Thinking of calligraphic marks that can be discerned subliminally as paths or roads, I remembered something from St. John of the Cross : " If a man wants to be sure of his road, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark."
